"cast in ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". A few years after playing a Bond girl, she became one of the most highly paid actresses on television, starring in ""Desperate Housewives"". Jane Seymour was an unknown when she was cast in ""Live and Let Die"" (the opening credits read ""Introducing Jane Seymour""), later won an Emmy Award for playing Maria Callas in a TV movie and then became a household name playing the title role in her TV series ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"". Kim Basinger had perhaps the most successful post-Bond career. After her break-out role in ""Never Say Never Again"", Basinger went"
"for all of Fleming's Bond girls may be his onetime lover Muriel Wright, who according to ""The Times"" Wright was 26 and ""exceptionally beautiful"" when she and Fleming met in 1935. A talented rider, skier, and polo player, Wright was independently wealthy and a model. She was devoted to Fleming, despite his repeated unfaithfulness. She died in an air raid in 1944, devastating Fleming, who called Wright ""too good to be true"". Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder) in ""Dr. No"" (1962) is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she was preceded by both Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench"
"Ryder was voted the best Bond Girl by ""Entertainment Weekly"". Author Anthony Horowitz named his James Bond tribute character Alex Rider after Honeychile Rider. Honey Ryder Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel ""Dr. No"". In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film, she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the"
"Tracy Bond Teresa ""Tracy"" Bond (born Teresa ""Tracy"" Draco, and also known as the Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo) is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the 1963 James Bond novel ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and its 1969 film adaptation. She is the only Bond girl to actually marry 007. In the film version, Tracy is played by actress Diana Rigg. Born Teresa Draco in 1943, she is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the Union Corse, a powerful Corsican crime syndicate – not quite as large as SPECTRE, but with substantially larger ""legal"""
"portrayed the Bond girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"". In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first African-American Bond girl. When ""Live and Let Die"" was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. She later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including ""Across 110th"
"Honey Ryder Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel ""Dr. No"". In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film, she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the first woman in the film to be with Bond (that distinction belongs to Sylvia Trench, while Miss Taro was Bond's first mission-related ""conquest""). Her"
"and Zena Marshall as Miss Taro in the same film. ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the third, established the Bond girl as regularly appearing in Bond films. There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova (from ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", portrayed by Barbara Bach); Pussy Galore (from ""Goldfinger"", portrayed by Honor Blackman); Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (from ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", portrayed by Diana Rigg); and often ranked Number 1 on the list, Honey Ryder (from ""Dr. No"","
"James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), in which Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story's end. The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in ""Casino Royale"" (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing"
"at 46, the oldest ""Bond Girl"" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in ""Spectre"" (2015). In 1969, pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's ""The Gypsy Moths"", the only nude scene in her career. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s in favour of television and theatre work. Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when"
"first bite out of me."" She made her film debut in the 1944 musical comedy ""Up in Arms"", co-starring Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore. This movie also happened to be Danny Kaye's own first film. This film was followed by ""Holiday in Mexico"" (1946), ""Green Dolphin Street"" (1947), and what was perhaps her best-known film, ""Tarzan and the Mermaids"" (1948). She was the subject of a well-known photograph published in the January 1, 1949, issue of ""Vogue"". Christian was the first Bond girl to appear on screen, playing Valerie Mathis (opposite Barry Nelson as James Bond) in the 1954 TV"
"2007. Of his friend's death, Sir Roger Moore said to BBC Radio 5 Live, ""It's rather a shock. She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with and was absolutely perfect casting [...] It was a great pity that, after I moved out of Bond, they didn't take her on to continue in the Timothy Dalton films. I think it was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M."" Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker, 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was"
"Eunice Gayson Eunice Gayson (born Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison; 17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018) was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (""Dr. No"" and ""From Russia with Love"") and is therefore considered to have been the first-ever ""Bond girl"". Gayson was born on as Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison on 17 March 1928 in Streatham, London, to John and Maria Sargaison (née Gammon). Her father was a civil servant. The family moved to Purley, Surrey and later Glasgow, before settling in Edinburgh. There she attended the Edinburgh Academy"
"famed Bond girl Ursula Andress, Raquel Welch or Angelique Pettyjohn, the drill-thrall from the original """" episode ""The Gamesters of Triskelion"". However, Andress proved indifferent, and both Welch and Pettyjohn were unavailable or uninterested. Filming was to commence in May 1967, but as late as April 17 Charlton Heston noted in his diary, ""The casting problem's really Nova: who will do it, and how naked can she be. The tests I saw were not good."" Zanuck asked producers Arthur P. Jacobs and Mort Abrahams if they would test Harrison. ""[Dick] did it very nicely,"" Abrahams said. ""He said, 'I'd like"
"Doody was – and remains – the youngest Bond girl to date. Another early movie was a small part as IRA member Siobhan Donovan in ""A Prayer for the Dying"" (1987), which starred Mickey Rourke. Doody had a non-speaking role in the 1987 television adaptation of ""The Secret Garden"" appearing as Archibald Craven's wife, Lilias, in his dream. Her first lead role was in a 1988 episode of Jim Henson fantasy series ""The Storyteller"" as Sapsorrow, opposite John Hurt, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the film ""Taffin"" (1988) before taking probably her most high-profile"
"Molly Peters Molly Peters (14 March 1939 – 30 May 2017) was an English actress best known for her role in the James Bond film ""Thunderball"". Mollie Peters started out as a model and was discovered by film director Terence Young. She appeared in several films during the 1960s. Her best-known appearance was the role of Bond girl, Patricia Fearing or Pat, a nurse who takes care of James Bond (Sean Connery) while he is on holiday at her health clinic in ""Thunderball"" (1965). Peters was the first Bond girl to be seen taking her clothes off on screen in"
"Tracy's wedding dress is now kept at the Admiral Hotel in Milan, along with a big collection of ""James Bond"" and ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"" items. Tracy Bond Teresa ""Tracy"" Bond (born Teresa ""Tracy"" Draco, and also known as the Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo) is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the 1963 James Bond novel ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and its 1969 film adaptation. She is the only Bond girl to actually marry 007. In the film version, Tracy is played by actress Diana Rigg. Born Teresa Draco in 1943, she is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco,"
"1952. The studio had plans to mold Moore as their next film star, hoping she would bring Columbia the success that 20th Century-Fox was having with Marilyn Monroe. In order to compete with Monroe, Moore had to bleach her hair platinum blonde. Columbia dubbed her ""The Next Big Thing"" and ""The Blonde Rita Hayworth"". She first gained attention as a doomed gun moll in Nicholas Ray's film noir ""On Dangerous Ground"" in 1952. Moore began starring in films in 1952. In 1953, she made one of her most remembered movies, ""One Girl's Confession"", opposite Hugo Haas, who would direct and"
"Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker, 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 ""James Bond"" films (1962–1985). She was the first actress to play the part. The films in which she played Miss Moneypenny were ""Dr. No"" (1962), ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""Thunderball"" (1965), ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (1971), ""Live and Let Die"" (1973), ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974), ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977), ""Moonraker"" (1979),"
"Sarah McLeod Sarah McLeod (born 18 July 1971) is a New Zealand film and television actress. Her most notable role was in the Peter Jackson films """" and """" as Rosie Cotton, a female hobbit who marries Samwise Gamgee. Her daughter Maisy played Rosie and Sam's baby. McLeod also co-starred in the New Zealand soap opera ""Shortland Street"" as Cindy Watson from 2008 to 2009. McLeod knew Liz Mulane, the casting director of Peter Jackson's ""The Lord of the Rings"" from an earlier film of his that she had appeared in called ""Forgotten Silver"". McLeod was six-months pregnant when she"
"Deborah Moore Deborah Maria Luisa Moore is an English actress and the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. She made her debut on TV as a child in ""The Persuaders!"" episode ""The Long Goodbye"" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed as ""Deborah Barrymore"". She appeared in such films as ""Lionheart"" (1987), ""Alien Terminator"" (1988), the 1990 comedy, ""Bullseye!"" (opposite her father), ""Chaplin"" (1992), ""Into the Sun"" (1992), and ""South Kensington"" (2001). She is probably best known in the UK as the face of the"
"the title character in ""Octopussy"" (1983). If the ""unofficial"" James Bond films, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Never Say Never Again"", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in ""Dr. No"" (1962) and ""Casino Royale""; Angela Scoular in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) and ""Casino Royale""; Valerie Leon in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Never Say Never Again"". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". Several short stories, such as ""Quantum of Solace"", ""The Hildebrand"
"Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". Her other films include ""The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco"", ""She"", ""The 10th Victim"", ""The Blue Max"", ""Perfect Friday"", ""The Sensuous Nurse"", ""The Mountain of the Cannibal God"", ""The Fifth Musketeer"" and ""Clash of the Titans""."
"and it paid off"" as he acted in the meeting with a macho, devil-may-care attitude. When he left both Saltzman and Broccoli watched him through the window as he went to his car, both agreeing that he was the right man for Bond. After Connery was chosen, Terence Young took the actor to his tailor and hairdresser, and introduced him to the high life, restaurants, casinos and women of London. In the words of Bond writer Raymond Benson, Young educated the actor ""in the ways of being dapper, witty, and above all, cool"". For the first Bond girl Honey Ryder,"
"Frankie Howerd in ""Up Pompeii"" and ""Up the Front"", and Vincent Price in ""Theatre of Blood"". In 1973, she played the Bond girl Miss Caruso, in the post-opening titles sequence of ""Live and Let Die"", the first James Bond film starring Roger Moore. She was recommended for the role by Moore himself, having previously appeared with him in an episode of ""The Persuaders!"" on TV. Her numerous stage credits include working with US director Charles Marowitz on ""Blue Comedy"" (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) and ""The Snob"" (at Marowitz's Tottenham Court Road venue the Open Space). She also acted opposite Alec"
"and her experiences as an African American woman during the 1960s. Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a"
"Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the series' Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ""Downton Abbey"" as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. She is also well-known for originating the role of ""Miz Liz"" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series. Bond is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor Philip Bond and TV producer Pat Sandys, and is the sister of the"
"Gloria Hendry Gloria Hendry (born March 3, 1949), also known inaccurately as Gloria Henry, is an American actress and former Playboy model. She is best known for her roles in films from the 1970s, most notably: portraying Rosie Carver in 1973's James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"", which was Roger Moore's first Bond film; and Helen Bradley in the blaxploitation film ""Black Caesar"", and the sequel, ""Hell Up in Harlem"". Hendry began her acting career in the 1968 Sidney Poitier film ""For Love of Ivy"", followed by a small role in the 1970 film ""The Landlord"". In 1973 she"
"Moriarty. Deborah Moore Deborah Maria Luisa Moore is an English actress and the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. She made her debut on TV as a child in ""The Persuaders!"" episode ""The Long Goodbye"" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed as ""Deborah Barrymore"". She appeared in such films as ""Lionheart"" (1987), ""Alien Terminator"" (1988), the 1990 comedy, ""Bullseye!"" (opposite her father), ""Chaplin"" (1992), ""Into the Sun"" (1992), and ""South Kensington"" (2001). She is probably best known in the UK as the face of"
"""Thriller"", ""La Strega"" (1962) with Alejandro Rey. She soon became internationally famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's woman of desire in ""Dr. No"" (1962), the first Bond movie. In what became an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history, she rose out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini sporting a large diving knife on her hip. Due to her heavy Swiss-German accent, the character's voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland. The scene made Andress a ""quintessential"" Bond girl. Andress later said that she owed"
"Paul McGann was the studio's original choice for it. He would have been cast as Bond only if Brosnan had turned down the role. Brosnan was paid $1.2 million for the film, out of a total budget of $60 million. Judi Dench, an English actress, was cast as M replacing Robert Brown, making this the first film of the series featuring a female M. The decision is widely believed to be inspired by Stella Rimington becoming head of MI5 in 1992. John Woo was approached as the director, and turned down the opportunity, but said he was honored by the"
"that the great lover James Bond can't get to first base with this woman because she was so obsessed with avenging her parents' death. Nothing was ever done with it. It was as if the director didn't feel there was a love story there at all."" Roger Moore had originally signed a three-film contract with Eon Productions, which covered his first three appearances up to ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". Subsequent to this, the actor negotiated contracts on a film-by-film basis. Uncertainty surrounding his involvement in ""For Your Eyes Only"", considering his age, led to other actors being considered to"
"and rejected the offer. The roles went to Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift. Linda Christian died on July 22, 2011, at the age of 87. Linda Christian Linda Christian (November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican film actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film, ""Tarzan and the Mermaids"" (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 television adaptation of the James Bond novel ""Casino Royale"". In 1963 she starred"
"Julie T. Wallace Julie Therese Wallace (born 28 May 1961) is an English actress. Julie T. Wallace is the daughter of the actor Andrew Keir, and is the sister of the actors Sean Keir and Deirdre Keir. She stands 6 feet 2 inches tall. She made her television debut in the title role in the BBC dramatisation of Fay Weldon's ""The Life and Loves of a She-Devil"" in 1986. For this role, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. The following year, she played the small part of Rosika Miklos in the James Bond film"